Salvation teaching featuring John chapter 4

This is a teaching based on the encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well, the other Samaritans after the dialog with her, and also the healing of a nobleman’s son. Of note the woman herself was a witness of Jesus as she told the others how Jesus told her all about her. Jesus also talks about the harvest being ready for taking- the harvest of souls, and both of those who sow and reap gather fruit to eternal life. Here are these verses in John chapter 4

(John 4:6)  Now Jacob's well was there. Therefore Jesus, having become tired from the journey, was sitting thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

(John 4:7)  A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink."

(John 4:8)  For His disciples had gone away into the city, that they might buy provisions.

(John 4:9)  Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, "How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.

(John 4:10)  Jesus answered and said to her, "If you had known the gift of God, and who it is that says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given to you living water."

(John 4:11)  The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water?

(John 4:12)  Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?"

(John 4:13)  Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again,

(John 4:14)  but whoever drinks of the water which I shall give him will by no means ever thirst again. But the water which I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into eternal life."

(John 4:15)  The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw."

(John 4:16)  Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here."

(John 4:17)  The woman answered and said, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You have said well, 'I have no husband,'

(John 4:18)  "for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in this you have said truly."

(John 4:19)  The woman said to Him, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.

(John 4:20)  Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where it is necessary to worship."

(John 4:21)  Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.

(John 4:22)  You worship what you do not know; we Jews worship what we know, because salvation is of the Jews.

(John 4:23)  But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.

(John 4:24)  God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."

(John 4:25)  The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming" (who is called Christ). "When He comes, He will proclaim to us all things."

(John 4:26)  Jesus said to her, "I am He, the One speaking to you."

(John 4:27)  And at this point His disciples came, and they marveled that He was speaking with a woman; however no one said, "What do You seek?" or, "Why are You speaking with her?"

(John 4:28)  The woman then left her water jar, went her way into the city, and said to the men,

(John 4:29)  Come, see a Man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?"

(John 4:30)  They went out of the city and were coming to Him.

(John 4:31)  But in the meantime the disciples urged Him, saying, "Rabbi, eat."

(John 4:32)  But He said to them, "I have food to eat of which you do not know."

(John 4:33)  Therefore the disciples were saying to one another, "Has anyone brought Him something to eat?"

(John 4:34)  Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.

(John 4:35)  Do you not say, 'There are still four months and the harvest comes'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and see the fields, for they are already white for harvest!

(John 4:36)  And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit unto eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.

(John 4:37)  For in this the saying is true: 'One sows and another reaps.'

(John 4:38)  "I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered into their labors."

(John 4:39)  And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman testifying, "He told me everything I ever did."

(John 4:40)  So when the Samaritans had come to Him, they were asking Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.

(John 4:41)  And many more believed because of His word.

(John 4:42)  Then they were saying to the woman, "No longer because of your speech do we believe, for we ourselves have heard and know that this is truly the Christ, the Savior of the world."

(John 4:43)  Now after the two days He went out from there and went to Galilee.

(John 4:44)  For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

(John 4:45)  Therefore when He came into Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all the things which He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they also went to the feast.

(John 4:46)  Then Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee where He made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick in Capernaum.

(John 4:47)  When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and asked Him that He might come down and heal his son, for he was about to die.

(John 4:48)  Then Jesus said to him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will by no means believe."

(John 4:49)  The nobleman said to Him, "Sir, come down before my child dies!"

(John 4:50)  Jesus said to him, "Go; your son lives." And the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and went away.

(John 4:51)  And already as he was going, his servants met him and reported, saying, "Your child lives!"

(John 4:52)  Then he inquired from them the hour at which he got better. And they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him."

(Joh 4:53)  Therefore the father knew that it was at the same hour in which Jesus said to him, "Your son lives." And he himself believed, and his whole household.

(John 4:54)  This again is the second sign Jesus did, after He had come out of Judea into Galilee.

Here in the last verses of Matthew chapter 9 Jesus also speaks of the need of people to pray that laborers be sent into the harvest

(Matthew 9:35)  And Jesus was going about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every illness and every disease among the people.

(Matthew 9:36)  But seeing the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and prostrated, like sheep having no shepherd.

(Matthew 9:37)  Then He said to His disciples, "Indeed the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

(Matthew 9:38)  Therefore pray to the Lord of the harvest, that He may send forth workers into His harvest."

This all is why Jesus gave the following instructions at the end of Mark chapter 16 in order do go witness and all to the people of the world

(Mark 16:15)  And He said to them, "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to all creation.

(Mark 16:16)  He that believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he that does not believe shall be condemned.

(Mark 16:17)  And these signs shall accompany those who have believed: In My name they shall cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;

(Mark 16:18)  they shall pick up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it shall by no means hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall be well."

(Mark 16:19)  So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

(Mark 16:20)  And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen.

Now in John chapter 3 then Jesus came because God loved the world that He did give up His only Son that all those who believe in Him might be saved and won.

In John chapter 3 Jesus then states that He must be lifted up and that God sent Him in this world so that people may have eternal life, those who believe in the Name of Jesus.

(John 3:14)  And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

(John 3:15)  that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.

 (John 3:16)  "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

(John 3:17)  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

(John 3:18)  Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

(John 3:19)  And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.

(John 3:20)  For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.

(John 3:21)  But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God."

Here John the Baptist is speaking of Jesus in these two verses

(John 3:35)  The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand.

(John 3:36)  Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

These three verses in John chapter 5 further drive home the point of Jesus having life for His believers

(John 5:24)  Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

(John 5:25)  "Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live

And it does indeed say yet in another spot in scripture-Romans 10 verse 13 that those who call on the name of the Lord will be saved

Here is a tract featuring some teachings in Romans and in Hebrews. I am starting though by reminding us that we all have fallen short of God’s expectations as stated in Romans chapter 3

(Romans 3:23)  for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

(Romans 3:24)  and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

(Romans 3:25)  whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.

Also that we were slaves to sin and now, which we were slaves to sin and now we can be slaves to righteousness in Jesus, getting the free gift of eternal life in Jesus

(Romans 6:20)  For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

(Romans 6:21)  But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

(Romans 6:22)  But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.

(Romans 6:23)  For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord

As some of the above verses do remind us, this verse really drives home the point that eternal life from heaven is really a gift from God and cannot be earned in any way by our own works  so God Himself has provided the means to escape hell and to have eternal life with Him.

(Ephesians 2:8)  For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

(Ephesians 2:9)  not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

(2 Corinthians 9:15)  Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!

The scriptures in 1 Timothy which encourage prayer and supplication for God wants all people to be saved as stated in these verses

(1 Timothy 2:1)  First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,

(1 Timothy 2:2)  for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.

(1 Timothy 2:3)  This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,

(1 Timothy 2:4)  who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

(1 Timothy 2:5)  For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

(1 Timothy 2:6)  who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.

The verses in Titus also stress and reinforce the message in Timothy, above, on salvation

(Titus 2:11)  For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,

(Titus 2:12)  training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

(Titus 2:13)  waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

(Titus 2:14)  who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.

(Titus 2:15)  Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.

These two verses in 1 Peter shed more light on this purpose of Jesus

(1 Peter 2:24)  He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

(1 Peter 2:25)  For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls

That message also is here in this 1 Peter 3 verse

(1 Peter 3:18)  For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit

And so does these two verses in 2 Peter 3 for time is nothing to the Lord and He wants all to come to repentance and is patient

(2 Peter 3:8)  But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

(2 Peter 3:9)  The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

In John 14 Jesus then makes it very clear that nobody can come to God but by Him

(John 14:6)  Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

But Jesus also makes it clear in Revelation that He indeed is seeking people always

(Revelation 3:20)  Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

The verses in Romans ten state how we are to be saved, believing the word which is near to us, to hear it then confess Jesus as Lord and believe God has raised Him from the dead- in that is our key to salvation

 (Romans 10:8)  But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim);

(Romans 10:9)  because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

(Romans 10:10)  For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

(Romans 10:11)  For the Scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame."

(Romans 10:12)  For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.

(Romans 10:13)  For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

(Romans 10:14)  How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?

(Romans 10:15)  And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!"

(Romans 10:16)  But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?"

(Romans 10:17)  So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Now those people are now a new creation in Christ

(2 Corinthians 5:17)  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come

And also at peace with God being justified by faith

(Romans 5:1)  Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

(Romans 5:2)  Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

These two verses promise no condemnation with those in Jesus

(Romans 8:1)  There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

(Romans 8:2)  For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death

I am sure you have now seen enough now to be ready to pray to be saved. I am now including a short prayer that you can say to ensure that you are saved and have eternal life when you die, going to heaven to be with Jesus forever and not end up going to hell.

Dear God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness. I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin. You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess Jesus as our Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we will be saved. Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved. Thank you Jesus for your unlimited grace which has saved me from my sins. I thank you Jesus that your grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads to repentance. Therefore Lord Jesus transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself. Thank you Jesus for dying for me and giving me eternal life.

Amen.

God bless you and yours